(A New distortion has formed. Let us see where it leads shall we?)
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Distortion 13
The first thing Makoto's eyes saw was the sight of a white ceiling. The ceiling itself looked rather ornate, designed with various gold and marble textures. 'Where… where am I now?' Makoto thought as she slowly sat up, realizing she was resting on the softest bed she had ever slept on, the velvet covering of the blanket sheets hugged her naked body as she saw her clothes had been neatly folded and placed to the side, her mechanical arm nowhere to be in sight.
'… Did I die somehow? No wait I still remember Sora so that's not it.' Makoto thought, feeling a bit silly thinking that she was dead in the first place when she just had a dream about her boyfriend who is currently missing as she stood up, deciding to take her time to survey her current surroundings. 'So if I am not dead… and this is not just some mystery heaven created by the Master Unit to trick me into thinking I am dead… then where the hell am I?' Makoto thought, deciding to put in her good old NOL Intelligence snooping days and investigate the room she was in.
The first thing Makoto did was to check the drawers. Drawers often housed important details depending on the location. In an office setting like an actual NOL office or a laboratory, this could be documents, important paperwork that often needs to be filled. In a bedroom like this, it could tell Makoto the most basic details such as the sex and size of the person whose room she was sleeping in as the first drawer she opened was in fact an underwear drawer.
The first thing she saw was various pairs of black underwear. Lifting them up with her one hand, Makoto saw that they were not boxers or even briefs but a legitimate pair of male underwear as that was enough to tell her two things. The first that the room she was sleeping in was a man's room and the second thing was that the man was pretty confident about his sexuality or trying to push an overinflated ego to be wearing a pair of underwear as bold as this.
'Right… underwear choices aside, I at least have a clue about who could be staying in this room they graciously allowed me to sleep in….naked...while I was...having a nice dream.' As soon as her train of thought was finished Makoto immediately checked herself, swishing her tongue and fingering herself for any trace liquids of semen inside of her as she even checked her anus as thankfully, the only things that were on her were just the juices of her pussy and the sad realization she just touched her own butthole thinking that she was probably violated there.
After shaking that sad reality off her mind and wiping her hand with the pair of underwear she picked up before tossing it into a laundry basket, her mind refocused in figuring out where she was. She should put on clothes at this very moment for the moment someone walks in on her doing this but her instincts to investigate overwrite the potential embarrassment she would have felt of a man or woman walking in and seeing her naked like this.
The next place she investigated was the drawers by the bedside and her caution grew as she discovered a strip of condoms laying inside as Makoto's mind began to play with the thought of being raped in her sleep. If there was no trace of cum inside her, maybe her assaulter was kind enough to put on a condom to not cum inside of her…. But also to dispose of the evidence as she didn't want to check the trash can for proof of the deed.
'Stop being so distracted Makoto. You cannot let yourself be so focused on the fact that you might have been raped by a man and you need to figure out where you are in the first place.' Makoto thought, shaking her head as she rushed towards the office desk that was overlooking a huge glass pane window that was obscured with a lavish red velvet sheet. Pulling it back to peep out the window, she got a glimpse of where she was.
It was obvious she was in a hierarchical city but where she was told her that she was at the very top of the city, where the NOL Building normally would be. The lack of noticeable features alarmed her but from her memory she remembered that they were heading towards the 6th Hierarchical city of Yabiko to meet with Professor Kokonoe there. 'Wait… 6th Hierarchical city of Yabiko… why does that hierarchical city sound both familiar and makes me feel terrified.' Makoto thought as she heard the door slowly open as her fears soon came to reality as she realized where she was.
"Hey Makoto are you…" A black haired man wearing a black cape under a white robe with black slack pants and brown metal boots said as he stared at the naked one armed woman in front of him. Makoto's dread suddenly came over her as she couldn't even blush red as she began to charge right at the man in front of her. Before he could utter a word, he felt a fist get landed on his cheek as he flew out of the room, crashing at the hallway outside as Makoto quickly barricaded the door and locked it as she panted heavily.
'WHY THE HELL AM I IN KAGURA MUTSUKI'S PLACE!?' Makoto thought, now in a panic as she looked around the room and things began to click in place. The thong like underwear, the strips of condoms, the very nice and sensual room that was clearly designed to woo women as they enter. This was definitely the location of the Novus Orbis Librarium's flirting one night standing major of Yabiko as she rushed over to Kagura's alcohol stash and grabbed herself the tequilla and gave herself a quick shot.
"H-Hey Makoto! Are you alright in there!?" Kagura muttered through the door as he could hear her rummaging through his stuff and the sounds of glass being broken as he realized what could possibly be the glass item in the room that is not a glass pane. "D-Did you just smash one of my shot glasses!? Are you drinking my tequilla right now!?" Kagura shouted as he realized that Makoto was drinking his precious 100 year old tequilla that was last produced before the start of the Dark war that he often used as a thing to show off to the women he brought into said room.
"SHUT UP YOU PERVERT! LET ME DRINK THIS IN COMPENSATION FOR YOU SEEING MY BOOBS!" Makoto shouted back as she drank another 3 shots of tequilla that if her alcohol tolerance wasn't high enough would have knocked her out as she walked over to the door and opened it, hiding behind the door to shield her body from the well known pervert's gaze. "So… What am I doing here? Did I get captured and brought here so you decide to sleep with me while I am asleep?" Makoto said, her eyes in a deadpan expression as Kagura could tell she was judging him heavily at that very moment.
"N-NO! I wouldn't do something like that!.." Kagura said, Makoto not buying it as she continued to stare him down. Her and Kagura had some personal history, history that she would prefered to not remember right now but it was there as she sighed. "You wait outside her while I put my clothes. If I catch you trying to peep in or asking Hibiki to sneak into the room and take nudes of me I will castrate you with my fist you hear." Makoto said, closing and locking the door once again as she felt she had managed to get her point across.
As Makoto walked over and began to dress herself, she couldn't help but wonder what Kagura was doing hiding a fugitive like her in his room. Embarrassment about being found in the nude aside, isn't Kagura Mutsuki an NOL Major? What does he have to gain from hiding her in his room and not placing her in a cell with most likely the others. He would have added another notch to his list of exploits under the NOL Banner if he did.
'Maybe I should ask Kagura for his reasons… after I finish putting on my clothes.' Makoto thought to herself as she slowly managed to dress herself, one hand proving very difficult to put on intricate dress wear like bras and panties. Like she ever wore bras at this point and panties were the strap on variety so at least there was some mitigation to her disabled needs considered. "I'm going to open this door now. Try anything funny and I will end you." Makoto said as she approached the door.
As the door slowly opened, Kagura stood in front of her as the two looked at each other. Makoto then allowed him into the room as he couldn't help but speak something on his mind at that moment. "Ummm… why are you looking at me like a disapproving mother would to their own son Makoto?" Kagura questioned as Makoto simply scoffed when she heard that. "Well, someone has to be your mother with the way you live your life." Makoto replied as Kagura scratched his head.
"I already have Hibiki to do that for me thank you very much. I don't need you adding onto that you know." Kagura replied as Makoto simply flicked him in the forehead when he said that. "And it's because you torture the poor man with whatever you do. You rarely finish work and you often chuck your extra work to him just so you can go, flirt and have one night stands with the many women of the night in the various hierarchical cities."
Her words cut deep into Kagura's heart as he clutched his chest in fake pain. "You wound me woman. How can you think I would do something like that to poor Hibiki." As soon as Kagura said those words, Makoto's fist immediately smashed itself right into Kagura's stomach. She held back enough so that Kagura wasn't knocked out but he could clearly feel her disapproval in her punch. Kagura coughed for a bit as Makoto pulled the curtain open to expose the natural light into the room.
"You really do think that lowly of me huh…" Kagura muttered as Makoto shook her head. "I am just trying to make sure you're a functioning adult and not becoming too much of a damn train wreck you know." Makoto replied as Kagura couldn't help but grin a little. "Maybe it's because you got wooed by me that one time during the NOL christmas party and we did the deed that night." Kagura said as Makoto couldn't help but become a bit heated at that.
"How many times must I tell you that you didn't woo me that night! We were both stupidly drunk and we both just happened to sleep with each other at that moment. How many times must you bring that up to my face every time we meet huh?!" Makoto questioned as Kagura shook his head, a slight grin on his face. "You told me that for the 10th time now. I am surprised you still remember that night despite claiming you are drunk. Face it Makoto. You cannot forget that night." Kagura said as Makoto couldn't help but snap a bit as she went up to Kagura's liquor cabinet and punching the 100 year old tequilla bottle as hard as she could, shattering it completely.
"NOOO MY TEQUILLA!" Kagura cried as the expensive ass drink spilled all over the ground as Makoto simply huffed in anger as she realized she had allowed Kagura to distract her from what she wanted to ask. Before she could even say a word however the door behind them was unlocked and opened as a man wearing the NOL Uniform with a black bowl haircut walked in, a spare key in hand as he sighed at the sight he was beholding.
"Ahhh I see that the dynamic you two share hasn't changed by that much. It's good to see you again Makoto Nanaya though I wish it wasn't under the circumstances we are in." The bowl hair cut man said as Makoto nodded her head. "Don't worry about it Hibiki. I am just surprised that with the trouble Kagura caused for you over the years you're able to stay sane at this point." Makoto said, not shaking the hand extended to her from Hibiki as she was still aware that she was in an NOL base and didn't know what had exactly happened.
"There is no need for such caution here Makoto. We are currently housing you and your friends here away from the eyes of the public. Nobody else other than me, Kagura and the people involved knows that you are here right now." Hibiki explained as this finally made Makoto relieve the tension inside her as she took a deep breath before shaking Hibiki's hand. "You don't know how much I wanted to hear what was going on." Makoto said
"That was what I was trying to tell you before you murdered my tequilla!" Kagura yelled, holding the glass shards of the tequilla bottle as Makoto shook her head. "Then maybe you should just have left off with that instead of trying to egg me on!" Makoto retorted as Hibiki shook her head. "And this is why I told you to not just enter your room without knocking first. I must admit, the situation you were in was just your own fault." Hibiki said, siding with Makoto as Kagura couldn't help but feel like he was getting ganged up on a little.
"So what happened? Why was I knocked out and why were my clothes taken off me when I was waking up?" Makoto asked, hoping to get some answers as Hibiki simply nodded his head. "You were brought in by Hunter and Noel and we brought you up to Kagura's room using the excuse that you're one of Kagura's one night stands and got too drunk to safely return home. After that, your clothes were removed by your friend Noel as she explained that you needed a quick wash and also to repair them." Hibiki explained as he presented a report to her, detailing everything that Hibiki had just said.
"You are still ever the reliable secretary to Kagura Mutsuki. You sure you are the secretary around here?" Makoto teased as Hibiki chuckled. "I admit, while Kagura can be unreliable at times. He is more suited to the public eye over me." Hibiki answered, bowing a little as Makoto did the same as a thought rushed up her mind. "What about Caroline? Where did she go?" Makoto questioned as Hibiki checked his files.
"Ah yes, Miss Caroline went over to Professor Kokonoe's laboratory that we had established in here. Something about discussing the payment that she was due from her while getting her own lab set up here." Hibiki continued as Kagura realized what Hibiki had just said. "Woah wait a minute, did she happen to take any particular room?" Kagura said as Hibiki flipped his files faster. "Last I heard, Professor Kokonoe was converting one of the janitor rooms into Miss Caroline's laboratory. Why does it matter?" Hibiki said.
"I better go and check that she's not building massive rooms in places I don't want massive rooms in." Kagura said, rushing out of the room as both Hibiki and Makoto waited for a bit as Kagura's footsteps became distant. "He sometimes uses the janitor's closets to have sex with his ladies in there huh." Makoto said with a deadpan face as Hibiki nodded his head. "That man never changes sometimes." Makoto continued as she sat down on the bed as Hibiki nodded his head.
"Indeed. But it's good he is that way sometimes. Might be more trouble for me but at least it keeps things here more interesting." Hibiki said as he stood up and bowed at Makoto. "In any other case, please take your time to rest a bit. I will come back to pick you up to see Professor Kokonoe when she's done settling your friend in." Hibiki said as Makoto smiled at him. "Thanks for the help Hibiki you ever reliable guy." Makoto complimented as Hibiki simply smiled and left at that point.
As soon as he did, Makoto couldn't help but lie down on Kagura's bed, most likely covered in semen at this point as she had to lie down on top of the blanket just to not feel disgusting. She was safely back where Professor Kokonoe was in. She was now able to listen to what Kokonoe has to say to her as she closed her eyes for a bit, realizing that waking up, overreacting and panicking has made her feel a bit tired once again as she got up to lock the door once again, lying down once more once she did so as her mind couldn't help but wonder.
'What could the good professor want from someone like me? Does she think I might have something that might interest her or does she want me to do something for her again?' Makoto wondered as she placed her hand on her chest. As soon as she did, she felt a faint pulse come from her chest as she couldn't help but listen to her own heart beat at that moment. The dream she had and the series of events that occurred to in her eyes seem to be a day ago lingered as she realized something weird had happened to her in the middle.
"Make us whole...Form the contract…" Makoto said, pondering what could those words even mean as she realized that something was inside her as that was one of the last sensations she felt before her world went dark as she couldn't help but walk over the mirror and lift up her top to check her chest for any visible wound present on it. Not seeing any evidence of the item that was inside of her penetrating her skin in any way as she stroked the spot where the tipless blade had gone into.
"What do those words even mean?" Makoto wondered as there was no way to know what could the meaning of those words could have with her current knowledge. She only knew that in some way, the blade inside her was connected to Sora in some way. From picking the blade part of the blade up the day she left Kagutsuchi after briefly witnessing it glowing Sora's aura for a moment to seeing the broken blade reforge itself in front of her with the hilt of the blade that Amy was carrying with her and entering her, She knew she had a lead on her hands.
"If only I knew someone… anybody who could…" A dark thought then came rushing into her mind. Relius Clover. The man himself. The very man who has peered into her soul several times at this point. Maybe he could answer this deep burning question but to do so would mean actually finding the man and asking him the questions that she herself fears asking. Letting a man who once shattered her mind to use for his own sick games… willingly enter into her mind… her soul once again to see what those very words mean.
Makoto wanted to vomit at such a thought. She couldn't turn to a man like that for her answers but who else does she have to ask this kind of question? Someone smart like Professor Kokonoe and Caroline? They are more people of science in the first place and they would try to answer what she saw with a more scientific approach. Rachel Alucard, the goth girl that often spooks her to ask questions? She can be mysterious and hard to approach at times and she cannot just summon her out of the palm of her hands to ask all of the questions in the world. And even if she could, Can Rachel really answer such a question in the first place?
"God I should just focus on getting the professor to tell me what on earth is happening that she needed me back here. But Hibiki did just say that he would pick me up to go and see her." Makoto mumbled as another knock on the door happened as this prompted her to walk up to the door and check it out, happy to see that it was Caroline in front of her, holding her mechanical arm in her hands.
"There you are boss. It's good to see that you're doing fine." Caroline said as this made Makoto tilt her head in confusion at that. "Huh? Boss? What do you mean Caroline?" Makoto questioned, finding it odd that Caroline was calling her boss as Caroline realized what she had just said as she quickly closed the door and gently placed the arm down, grabbing something from her coat as she scratched her head. "Shit…" Caroline mumbled as Makoto could tell that there was something lingering in her mind as Caroline pulled out a notepad and began to read into it.
"Shit shit shit…" Caroline mumbled as Makoto only had to look at the situation in front of her to know what was happening as Makoto slumped her shoulders a bit before walking to her. "Your memories of Sora are starting to fade too huh." Makoto said as Caroline looked at her in surprise before sighing and nodding, sitting down on the bed in the process. "Sorry about this Makoto. I have been trying my hardest to keep my memory but it's getting harder and harder even with the medication I developed some time ago to counter such things." Caroline explained as Makoto smiled and shook her head.
"Don't be… To be honest, I was kind of prepared in a way to be the last one remaining to have my full memories of Sora intact… even if it means being lonely about it in the process." Makoto said as that simply made Caroline feel even more guilty about it as Makoto patted her at the back. "Hey there Caroline. I know it's hard to know this… but I don't blame you. I blame the world for taking him in the first place." Makoto explained as Caroline nodded her head.
"I still want to help you while I can… and it feels frustrating to know that I am limited in what I can actually do with this whole other world business." Caroline said as she sighed and laid her head on the bed. "But science can get you so far you know… I can give you all the possible scientific theory about how multiple timelines work and also various theories of mental retention but the fact is there's nothing I can really do about what is happening to me right now." Caroline said as Makoto could understand the feeling that Caroline had been going through, having been in her place before.
"The least I can do is just try to help you the best I can while I still have access to my memories before I forget everything. That's all I can really offer you." Caroline explained as Makoto simply smiled and nodded her head at that. "You don't know how much the little things sometimes matter to people. Just hearing you got my back regardless of what happens next… That's all I really need to know." Makoto said as she hugged Caroline, pushing her head into her bosom as Caroline accepted the hug, completing it as Makoto could only do a half hug with her one arm.
"In any case… The laboratory Kokonoe provided me as well as the nukes she generous gave me as payment are really going to help me with the second version of the Rev System I am working on. When it's ready I will make sure you get it." Caroline said as Makoto looked down a bit before pondering about that. "Do you think Sora would be able to wield something like that instead?" Makoto questioned as Caroline understood her thought
"Tell you what. I'll make sure that both you and Sora are able to use the thing. At least it will have some purpose then." Caroline promised as this made Makoto smile a bit. "In that case, can you let me have the Rev Blade Mark 1 then. I am sure you got all the data you need from it." Makoto asked, knowing that she herself was not exactly adept at using the blade but just having it around her made her feel like Sora was always beside him as Caroline smiled hearing that.
"I thought you would say something like that. So I restored the Rev Blade's arm feature but made sure it's a one size fit's all kind of deal. It will be a bit bigger than the arm you normally use but hey… I don't think you really mind that huh." Caroline said as she couldn't help but feel like this might be one of the last times the two would be able to converse about stuff like this as she couldn't help but say something right now before she forgets it.
"Do you think… that Sora helped me become the person I am just out of the kindness of his heart? Or do you think he just saw me as someone that needed help and was going to move on after he helped me." Caroline asked. For some time now, this question is on her mind and for good reason. Sora could have left her the moment she managed to make the Rev system and in turn the rev blade yet he allowed her a place to stay and continued to fund her work. Makoto, knowing that Sora was a different person by the time in the academy couldn't help but smile after hearing the question.
"Sora...is just Sora. I can't read him all the time but one thing I can tell you is that what he does to a person is what his heart wants. He's spent the majority of his life doing what others wanted him to do so the few things he does on his own accord are truly his own wishes. I don't think he would have kept you around if you were thinking he was just using you… he probably just saw you as another friend at the end of the day."
The words Makoto said to Caroline couldn't help but warm a small place in her heart. Though it wasn't the words of the man who saved her but his girlfriend instead, the fact that she could confidently say such things made her feel a warmth in her heart as she gave Makoto another hug in the process as a knock on the door was heard. "Ahh. Miss Caroline. I see you are here. I take your current accomodations are to your liking?" Hibiki questioned as Caroline smiled.
"It is indeed. I just need you to make sure my supply of coffee is maintained while I stay here. I don't really plan on leaving the room much so any kind of refreshments you can provide will make me so much more happier." Caroline said as she smiled at Hibiki. "As for you Makoto, Professor Kokonoe is ready to see you right now. Just make your way to the offices and I will escort you to her current stay." Hibiki said as Makoto simply nodded her head.
"Sure, just on ahead without me, I know my way around this place after all." Makoto said as Hibiki smiled. "Well at least you're more reliable than Kagura himself. He sometimes gets lost around the base all because they aren't the best places to have one night stands with the women he brings in from time to time." Makoto couldn't help but rub her forehead hearing that as she sighed heavily. "As much as he's a good guy, sometimes he makes it difficult for people to actually like him. You do know that right?" Makoto said as Hibiki simply nodded his head at that.
As Hibiki left, Makoto stood up and exposed her stump to Caroline's face. Caroline couldn't help but smile and inserted Makoto's prosthetic arm back in as Makoto smiled. "I am not sure what is going to happen next, but it's good to know that I at least still have your back in all of this, no matter what happens next." Makoto said as she smiled and allowed Caroline to leave, smiling as she did so as Makoto scratched the back of her head as she did a light stretch.
Once Makoto finished her stretches, she walked out to see someone by the side of her eye walk past her. Makoto didn't pay attention to the person who walked past her but she knew that person did not wear the NOL uniform as Noel and Hunter who happened to be walking past that direction saw her. "Makoto! You're alright!" Noel said, quickly rushing and hugging her immediately as Makoto was taken aback by the sudden response as Makoto struggled to not frown at that moment.
"We were worried so much about you! You weren't waking up for some time and we feared the worst." Noel said as Makoto wondered if Noel was exxagerating the details because she got knocked out or was that actually what nearly happened to her. "There there Noellie. I'm right here. I promise." Makoto said as Noel looked at her as Makoto noticed that her expression had changed slightly but she couldn't put her finger on that.
"Seriously, giving us a scare like the way you did. I have to admit, I was worried when you were not waking up when we touched down at Yabiko." Hunter explained as Makoto lowered her head a little before nodding her head. "I understand you guys. Sorry for scaring you both like that." Makoto said, a sad look present on her face as Noel and Hunter looked at each other before deciding that it was better to discuss things later.
"Well… We got something we need to do quickly, You take care of yourself for now. Professor Kokonoe's been waiting impatiently for you to wake up after all." Noel explained as Makoto couldn't help but notice the tense look on Noel's face but decided pursuing it would have made both parties uncomfortable as she simply nodded her head. Allow Noel and Hunter to leave as she watched them head the direction that she saw the girl head earlier, making her wonder if it was coincidence or something else.
'Right… Time to focus on what is next.' Makoto thought as she gave her face a light tap and focus as she looked ahead. As she walked towards the direction Hibiki told her to go to see professor Kokonoe, she cannot help but wonder the various questions that the good old professor would have for her. She stretched a bit as she couldn't help but start jogging a little to jog her muscles awake from her slumber as she simply looked ahead of her.
...Wondering what is going to be next for her life…
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION! HOW IS EVERYONE DOING!? With the world slowly coming back to normal after the year that was 2020, we should celebrate for surviving and honor those that didn't make it to 2021. We should still stay vigilant as we are still living with a virus at the end of the day and even if you are immunized for it, others are not so always keep that in mind. That being said, enjoy your time out there with friends and family but in a responsible manner.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT!? WHAT IS IT THAT PROFESSOR KOKONOE WANTS FROM MAKOTO NANAYA!? WHAT ARE THE WORDS GOING TO BE FROM THE PROFESSOR'S MOUTH!? HOW WILL MAKOTO RESPOND TO HER!? FINALLY, WHAT COULD THE WORDS MAKOTO HEARD EVEN MEAN!? There is only one way to find out, Await the next chapter of this ever forming distortion of the world.